James R. Brown

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
166 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

James R. Brown is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Brown has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in James R. Brown's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). James R. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (29 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers). James R. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. James R. Brown's co-authors include W. Ford Doolittle, Michael J. Smith, Andrew T. Beckenbach, Michael J. Stanhope, Kristin K. Koretke, E. B. Hartwick, Dennis J. Murphy, Karen Ingraham, David Holmes and Michael J. Italia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James R. Brown

159 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Thousands of chemical starting points for antimalarial lead identification

2010 705 citations Vinod Kumar, Samiul Hasan et al. profile →
Lung microbiome dynamics in COPD exacerbations

2016 280 citations Zhang Wang, Mona Bafadhel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James R. Brown United States	47	4.9k	1.4k	1.2k	913	759	166	8.5k
Gregory B. Gloor Canada	53	9.7k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.7k 2.2×	157	14.6k
Ken Kurokawa Japan	51	4.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	512 0.6×	584 0.8×	171	9.3k
Beifang Niu China	18	9.4k 1.9×	1.4k 1.1×	2.5k 2.1×	1.8k 2.0×	549 0.7×	55	14.7k
Niranjan Nagarajan Singapore	38	5.5k 1.1×	915 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	678 0.9×	138	9.1k
Jeremiah J. Faith United States	39	10.1k 2.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	907 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	74	14.6k
Helen Cook Denmark	11	6.1k 1.3×	985 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	508 0.7×	14	10.9k
Ulaş Karaöz United States	29	4.7k 1.0×	654 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	1.8k 1.9×	558 0.7×	54	9.8k
Yong Wang China	49	4.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	3.3k 2.8×	1.9k 2.0×	319 0.4×	410	11.8k
Christopher J. Creevey United Kingdom	34	5.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	339 0.4×	103	7.9k
Davide Heller Switzerland	5	7.7k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	636 0.8×	6	12.3k

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Sokhansanj, Bahrad A., et al.. (2025). Enhancing nucleotide sequence representations in genomic analysis with contrastive optimization. Communications Biology. 8(1). 517–517. 1 indexed citations

Nuzzo, Andrea, et al.. (2021). Expanding the drug discovery space with predicted metabolite–target interactions. Communications Biology. 4(1). 288–288. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Zhang, Yuqiong Yang, Zhengzheng Yan, et al.. (2020). Multi-omic meta-analysis identifies functional signatures of airway microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The ISME Journal. 14(11). 2748–2765. 52 indexed citations

Wang, Zhang, Nicholas Locantore, Koirobi Haldar, et al.. (2020). Inflammatory Endotype–associated Airway Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Stability and Exacerbations: A Multicohort Longitudinal Analysis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203(12). 1488–1502. 143 indexed citations

Wang, Zhang, Barbara Maschera, Simon Lea, et al.. (2019). Airway host-microbiome interactions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Research. 20(1). 113–113. 99 indexed citations

Madsen, Heather B., et al.. (2019). Shared Molecular Signatures Across Neurodegenerative Diseases and Herpes Virus Infections Highlights Potential Mechanisms for Maladaptive Innate Immune Responses. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8795–8795. 29 indexed citations

Washburn, Michael L., Zhang Wang, Andrew H. Walton, et al.. (2019). T Cell– and Monocyte-Specific RNA-Sequencing Analysis in Septic and Nonseptic Critically Ill Patients and in Patients with Cancer. The Journal of Immunology. 203(7). 1897–1908. 38 indexed citations

Nuzzo, Andrea & James R. Brown. (2019). The Microbiome Factor in Drug Discovery and Development. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 33(1). 119–124. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zhang, Stephanie Van Horn, E. S. Thomas, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiome differences between metformin‐ and liraglutide‐treated T2DM subjects. Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism. 1(1). e00009–e00009. 62 indexed citations

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Vamathevan, Jessica, Matthew D. Hall, Samiul Hasan, et al.. (2013). Minipig and beagle animal model genomes aid species selection in pharmaceutical discovery and development. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 270(2). 149–157. 40 indexed citations

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Hirt, Robert P., et al.. (2012). Data mining the human gut microbiota for therapeutic targets. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 13(6). 751–768. 18 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinod, Peng Sun, Jessica Vamathevan, et al.. (2011). Comparative Genomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains with Different Antibiotic Resistance Profiles. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(9). 4267–4276. 81 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Michael J. Italia, Kurt R. Auger, et al.. (2010). Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Cancer Cell Lines. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(2). 279–291. 6 indexed citations

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Brown, James R.. (2007). Comparative genomics : basic and applied research. CRC Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Brown, James R., et al.. (2006). IMPACT OF LOW AERIAL APPLICATION RATES OF DIBROM 14® ON POTENTIAL VECTORS¹. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 22(1). 87–92. 1 indexed citations

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Brown, James R. & W. Ford Doolittle. (1999). Gene Descent, Duplication, and Horizontal Transfer in the Evolution of Glutamyl- and Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetases. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 49(4). 485–495. 91 indexed citations

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Brown, James R., Frank T. Robb, Robert B. Weiss, & W. Ford Doolittle. (1997). Evidence for the early divergence of tryptophanyl- and tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 45(1). 9–16. 56 indexed citations

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Brown, James R., Teresa Gilbert, David Kowbel, et al.. (1989). Nucleotide sequence of the apocytochrome B gene in white sturgeon mitochondrial DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(11). 4389–4389. 30 indexed citations

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Brown, James R., et al.. (1988). FOG MITIGATION UPDATE: FOG MITIGATION MEASURES AS APPLIED TO HIGHWAY BRIDGE STRUCTURES. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 3 indexed citations

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Brown, James R.. (1987). Soil testing: sampling, correlation, calibration, and interpretation proceedings of a symposium. 4 indexed citations

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